Nick Ball On Ray Ford Fight & Eddie Hearn Gamesmanship

Nick Ball speaks to Boxing News' Rob Tebbutt about his fight with Raymond Ford on the Queensberry vs. Matchroom card and reflects on his recent bout against Rey Vargas.

00:00 - 00:15: Nick Ball intro
00:15 - 00:57: Being on the 5v5 card in Saudi
00:57 - 03:45: Rey Vargas draw reflections
03:45 - 04:08: Is Ray Ford a tougher fight?
04:08 - 04:32: Having a non-British style
04:32 - 06:21: Studying old-school fighters in the gym
06:21 - 07:04: Being in a thriving gym
07:04 - 08:18: Liverpool as a fighting city
08:18 - 08:58: Being part of the Queensberry 5v5 team
08:58 - 09:14: Eddie Hearn comments
09:14 - 09:30: Nick Ball final prediction
09:30 - 09:35 Outro

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[cwqptyt]

I became a big fan of this guy after the issac lowe fight. His style is so exciting to watch and he's a little beast i wouldn't mess lol. I wish him luck 👊

[Fletchh]

Think ford might have too much class for him !! Hope am wrong

[rhysrichmond]

I like this guy he just eat sleeps and breaths boxing and he's a complete fucking animal he should be world champ right now and he wants to fight everyone go on nick lad I hope you smash it June 1st

[LimerickR]

Such a shame Ball didn't get the decision over Vargas. He won that fight. This fight with Ford should be a unification fight.

[CalRapz]

His best chance was against Vargas and they robbed him the wankers can’t see him winning this one though hope he does want all British fighters doing well

[TC-yqog]

Big fan of Nick - proper throwback fighter and fights anybody they put in front of him. Vargas and then Ford back to back shows he's not messing about. I think he beats Ford. "I feel sorry for my next opponent" is a cold line and just the way he talks you can see he has a champion mentality.

[rickisunak]

A fight that's absolute carnage... I'd say they are both the worst style for eachother. Still think Ball's aggression will eventually get him beat, so Ford for me.

[ninjasrose]

Great interview Rob. I really like this lad, I hope he wins. But I think Ford might be a bit too shrewd for him. I hope I am wrong!

[rickisunak]

Wow Rob, when you said 'unbeaten' at the start..I was questioning if you knew your stuff, just shows how much of a bad result it felt like as I forgot it was a draw!

[paulobrien]

Couldn't have said any better chasing a world champion

[jseven]

Nick is just mad because the ref wouldn’t let him wrestle Rey Vargas

[jakenewman]

Game fighter but only has one style come forward try land big shots

[andymcnab.]

If nick was 6 inches taller he'd absolutely breeze through the featherweight division, giving up so much reach advantage and still doing what he's being doing deserves more credit than he deserves (I'm a great believer in small bundles produce the biggest prizes) more so in the hurt game.